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Category: Blog This month’s Complaint Report: Credit reporting issues
Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Identifies Illegal Practices Uncovered Through Supervision
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Nonbank Auto Finance Companies
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Blog Sprint and Verizon will refund $120 million to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Nationwide Biweekly for Luring Consumers with False Promises of Mortgage Savings
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds 26 Million Consumers Are Credit Invisible
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Credit Reporting Press Call
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2014
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of David Silberman Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Blog Millions of consumers will now have access to credit scores and reports through nonprofit counselors
Category: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Press release CFPB and Navajo Nation Take Action to Stop an Illegal Tax-Refund Scheme
Category: Blog The VA doesn’t send you mortgage ads
Category: Blog We’re suing a robo-call debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Participants in Robo-Call Phantom Debt Collection Operation
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against “Bad Check” Debt Collector
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2015
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes to the Consumer Bankers Association
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Report Outlines Legal Violations Uncovered by Supervision
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Press release CFPB Reports That More Than 50 Million Credit Card Consumers Have Access to Free Credit Scores
Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Sprint for Cramming Consumers with Unauthorized Third-Party Charges
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
Category: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Here’s how medical debt hurts your credit report
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against M&T Bank for Deceptively Advertising Free Checking
Category: Blog Encontrando la ayuda que necesitas, en el idioma que entiendes – La historia de Higinio
Category: Blog Getting the help you need, in the language you understand – Higinio’s story
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Nonbank Auto Finance Companies
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Online Payday Lender for Cash-Grab Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Reminder for steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Blog Closing the book on Colfax
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Don’t fall for a foreclosure relief scam or bogus legal help
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Press release CFPB, Federal Partners, and State Attorneys General File Order Requiring SunTrust to Provide $540 Million in Relief to Homeowners for Servicing Wrongs
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices In Nonbank Markets
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Medical Debt Overly Penalizes Consumer Credit Scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Medical Debt Study Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Medical debt and credit scores
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Tools To Protect Foster Care Children From Credit Reporting Problems
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Report Credit reporting complaint snapshot
Category: Blog Now you have better options to dispute a credit report error
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Blog What sunshine for student financial products can show us
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Blog We asked about your student loans and you answered
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Mortgage Servicing Problems In 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
Category: Blog Four steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Trick-or-treating for your money
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Meracord for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Duty to Investigate Consumer Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Morgan Drexen for Charging Illegal Fees and Deceiving Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Second Update of Exam Procedures for Mortgage Rules
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Auto Lenders to Refund Approximately $6.5 Million to Servicemembers
Category: Press release The CFPB Issues Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Press release The CFPB Establishes Framework to Better Coordinate with State Regulators
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Press release CFPB Statement on Deposit Advance Product Announcements by Banking Regulators
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Blog Come be our ‘boots on the ground’ – join our supervision team!
Category: Blog Protect yourself from buyer’s remorse
Category: Blog Is your credit report wrong? How to find out and fix it
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Mortgage Servicers About Legal Protections for Consumers When Transferring Loans